Leavens, Robert

Born in Beverly, New Jersey on August 24, 1869. Arrived in Montana June 1881. Moved to Billings in 1894. Wife was Ella Lamport, married in 1897. Director of the Yellowstone Merchant's Bank and Mayor of Billings in 1913-1915. Was in the Billings cavalry, Troop A of the Montana National Guard, organized in 1896, that served in Spanish-American war - See Cavalry Organizes, Billings Gazette, April 24, 1938. Died in October, 1949 and is buried at Mountview Cemetery. LeRoy Greene painting of Leavens is at the Western Heritage Center.